Issue 45
October 1999
Contents
Millennium briefing: Mapping the cosmos
20th October 1999 — Issue 45In the past few years the big cosmic picture has come into focus. We know (more or less) how the universe was created, where it is heading and how it will end. We don't (yet) know if there is intelligent life elsewhere.
Noël Coward
20th October 1999 — Issue 45He was a master of the flimsy trifle, but 100 years after his birth the best of them still flourish
It's a snip
20th October 1999 — Issue 45Most of the men I know have had to think about a vasectomy. It's not always simple
Too young to buy?
20th October 1999 — Issue 45The most successful rock and pop bands are no longer discovered playing in dingy pubs, they are created by agents and producers. And their target market is often children as young as five
A private problem
20th October 1999 — Issue 45Public schools are still at the root of inequality. It's political cowardice not to attempt to open them up
Ascent of Man
20th October 1999 — Issue 45The Enlightenment idea of moral progress is under siege from all sides. But on the cusp of a new millennium, it is worth hanging on to the battered idea.
An English-speaking union: the Tory way?
20th October 1999 — Issue 45PAUL GOODMAN V JOHN O'SULLIVAN
Falling out
Intellectuals have previously led Labour's reform of Britain, but New Labour uses academics only on policy detail. In return, those intellectuals scorn the Blair project
Gift culture in cyberspace
20th October 1999 — Issue 45The "free software" movement was once considered a hippy relic of the pre-Microsoft era. No longer.
Meeting Megawati
20th October 1999 — Issue 45She is the reform hope for Indonesia, but she opposed East Timor's independence
Reading the markets
20th October 1999 — Issue 45The markets may not be madly high, merely reflecting the worldwide reduction of risk to capital
Kubrick's empty enigma
20th October 1999 — Issue 45Eyes Wide Shut is as erotic as a crap in an igloo
The odd couple
20th October 1999 — Issue 45The greatest director/composer partnership in Hollywood history fell apart
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